H6949: קָהָה
qâhâh · pronounced kaw-haw' · “be blunt”
Definition
to be dull
KJV translates it as: be set on edge, be blunt.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1) to be blunt, be dull
1a) (Qal) to be blunt, be dull
1b) (Piel) to be blunt
1a) (Qal) to be blunt, be dull
1b) (Piel) to be blunt
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6949 is translated
- they will be blunt ×2
- it is blunt ×1
- they are blunt ×1
Bible verses with H6949 (qâhâh)
Qâhâh appears in 4 verses.
- Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
- Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
- Jeremiah 31:30
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
- Ezekiel 18:2
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?